718 - 755
Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khurasani (Persian: ابومسلم عبدالرحمان بن مسلم خراسانی; born 718/19 or 723/27, died 755) or Behzādān Pour Vandād Hormozd (بهزادان پور ونداد هرمزد) was a Persian general who led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad dynasty, leading to the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate. Little is known about Abu Muslim's origins, but by the early 740s he had been in contact with Abbasid agents and around the year 745 he was sent to Khorasan. In 747, Abu Muslim ignited an open revolt against Umayyad rule and quickly took Merv. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Muslim has received more than 418,012 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Abu Muslim is the 112th most popular military personnel (down from 111th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Turkmenistan (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Turkmen Military Personnel.
Abu Muslim was a military leader who led a rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate.
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Among military personnels, Abu Muslim ranks 112 out of 1,468. Before him are Gaius Julius Caesar, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Zhang Fei, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Alexander Selkirk, and Eli Cohen. After him are Cimon, Semyon Timoshenko, Erich von Falkenhayn, Narses, Theodor Eicke, and Yi Sun-sin.
135 BC - 85 BC
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 106
595 - 674
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 107
167 - 221
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 108
1881 - 1954
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 109
1676 - 1721
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 110
1924 - 1965
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 111
718 - 755
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 112
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 113
1895 - 1970
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 114
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 115
478 - 574
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 116
1892 - 1943
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 117
1545 - 1598
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 118
Among people born in 718, Abu Muslim ranks 1. After him are Constantine V, Empress Kōken, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Lupus II of Gascony, and Ōtomo no Yakamochi. Among people deceased in 755, Abu Muslim ranks 1. After him is Isma'il ibn Ja'far.
718 - 755
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 1
718 - 775
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 2
718 - 770
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 3
718 - 790
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 4
718 - 778
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 5
718 - 785
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 6
Among people born in Turkmenistan, Abu Muslim ranks 3 out of 33. Before him are Saparmurat Niyazov (1940) and Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199). After him are Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), Al-Zamakhshari (1075), Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Al-Nasa'i (829), Al-Muqanna (800), Yelena Bonner (1923), Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), Andronikos I of Trebizond (1101), and Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi (770).
1940 - 2006
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 1
1199 - 1231
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 2
718 - 755
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 4
1075 - 1144
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 5
1603 - 1664
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 6
829 - 915
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 7
800 - 783
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 8
1923 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 9
150 BC - 88 BC
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 10
1101 - 1235
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 11
770 - 874
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 12
Among military personnels born in Turkmenistan, Abu Muslim ranks 1.